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Update Question 4.4.1:

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- Replace /dev/ttyv0 with /dev/console in the examples
- Remove /etc/rc.i386 and add a note about rc.conf(5) settings
- Add some examples from the kbdcontrol(1) man page
- Add links for kbdcontrol(1), kbdmux(4)
- Reword a few things (suggested by trhodes)

Reviewed by:	trhodes, danger, remko
Approved by:	gabor (mentor)
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<answer>
<para>FreeBSD supports USB keyboards
out-of-the-box. Enable USB support in
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.</para>
<para>Once you have USB keyboard support enabled on your
out-of-the-box. Once you have USB keyboard support enabled on your
system, the AT keyboard becomes
<devicename>/dev/kbd0</devicename> and the USB keyboard
becomes <devicename>/dev/kbd1</devicename>, if both are
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following command as a part of system
initialization.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1 &lt; /dev/ttyv0 &gt; /dev/null</userinput></screen>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1 &lt; /dev/console &gt; /dev/null</userinput></screen>
<para>Note that if the USB keyboard is the only keyboard, it
is accessed as <devicename>/dev/ukbd0</devicename>, thus,
the command should look like:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>kbdcontrol -k /dev/ukbd0 &lt; /dev/ttyv0 &gt; /dev/null</userinput></screen>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>kbdcontrol -k /dev/ukbd0 &lt; /dev/console &gt; /dev/null</userinput></screen>
<para><filename>/etc/rc.i386</filename> is a good place to
add the above command.</para>
<note>
<para>To make this change permanent across reboots, add
<literal>keyboard="/dev/ukbd0"</literal> to
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.</para>
</note>
<para>Once this is done, the USB keyboard should work in the
X environment as well without any special settings.</para>
<para>Hot-plugging and unplugging of the USB keyboard may
not work quite right yet. We recommend connecting the
keyboard before starting the system and leaving it
connected until the system is shutdown to avoid
troubles.</para>
<para>If you want to switch back to the default keyboard,
use this command:</para>
<para>See the &man.ukbd.4; manual page for more information.</para>
</answer>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0 &gt; /dev/null</userinput></screen>
<para>To allow using both the second USB keyboard and the
first AT keyboard at the same time on a console via
&man.kbdmux.4; driver type the following commands:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>kbdcontrol -K &lt; /dev/console &gt; /dev/null</userinput>
<userinput>kbdcontrol -a atkbd0 &lt; /dev/kbdmux0 &gt; /dev/null</userinput>
<userinput>kbdcontrol -a ukbd1 &lt; /dev/kbdmux0 &gt; /dev/null</userinput>
<userinput>kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbdmux0 &lt; /dev/console &gt; /dev/null</userinput></screen>
<para>See the &man.ukbd.4;, &man.kbdcontrol.1; and
&man.kbdmux.4; manual pages for more information.</para>
<note>
<para>Hot-plugging and unplugging of the USB keyboard may
not work quite right yet. We recommend connecting the
keyboard before starting the system and leaving it
connected until the system is shutdown to avoid
issues.</para>
</note>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>